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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 384746, member: 8012&quot;]<b>Hmmm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s kind of funny how people are responding.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin is not really collected by many people, but I hear a lot about it, then it is over-rated in my book.&nbsp; For instance, there are a fair number of threads on 2 cent pieces and large cents, but I doubt if very many of us collect them.&nbsp; This, to me, seems that these series are &quot;over-rated&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tons and tons of people collect Statehood quarters, yet very few threads except to bash them.&nbsp; I&#039;d say that&#039;s &quot;under-rated&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>For a coin &quot;collecting&quot; forum, there is a lot of emphasis on value.&nbsp; It&#039;s &quot;under-rated&quot; if it should go up in value and over-rated if its value is too high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting definition.&nbsp; Very interesting.&nbsp; That thread on the idea to have new &quot;State Park&quot; quarters also got me to thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of us prefer to have an album of 80 coins that have the exact same design - the only difference being a very small area of the coin where the date and mint mark changes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing the &quot;new&quot; generation really prefers to have a little variety and old &quot;year-after-year&quot; designs may well be a thing of the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, all the obsolete coinage, that we call &quot;classic&quot;.&nbsp; Do you hear new collectors getting all excited about their Liberty Nickel collection or their SLQ collection or their Seated dime collection?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Various dealers and collectors have hoarded away keys and semi-keys and it just isn&#039;t any fun, nor is it very inexpensive to collect these.&nbsp; (Try finding cheap SLQ&#039;s with mint marks)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still on the &quot;classic&quot; side of the fence, but I can see how a new collector would like to have an album filled with 100 shiny new quarter coins with 50 different designs for a few bucks rather than having 5-10 coins in G/VG shape with a bunch of empty holes staring out at them....</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok.&nbsp; I fell better now (!!!!!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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